Beach Maintenance in Barcelona's Metropolitan Area

The document explains how thanks to the integration of different beach maintenance contracts from different municipalities (through the AMB) there were generated economies of scale that reduces cost and improved service to residents.

Objetivo pedagógico
Public policies and Public - Private Partnerships. The case can be used to discuss how to improve public servicies and public procurement. The integration of contracts in different municipalities can led to efficiency gains reducing maintenance cost for taxpayers and improving service.